I wish the plate had not increased in price so much. $250 is much less of a DIY venture than $380. But I guess good sound is for the well funded. I'm wondering what part(s) experienced that dramatic of an increase.

I wish for a ZenMic pre kit. Because of budget constraints many people who have project studios at home use one of the many cheap ($40-$200) micpre's that are out there. A lot of these units that do have a tube in them often sound like crap when the gain is turned up or they add a bunch of noise (or both). A single channel, balanced (XLR) ZenMic kit would be a big hit with both home and pro recordists. Phantom power would be nice, a good VU meter would be useful, and a unity setting could be helpful for inserting into effects loops. With such a huge market in the recording business I can see this unit easily becoming Decware's primary product if it is as high quality as everything else that you guys make. I'm sure that once word got out professional studios would buy them up like hotcakes. Such a product could put Decware on the radars of a lot more people out there.